In honor of Alex Rodriguez's awesome performance yesterday

[Scottwax]

I'd love to see Torre in the Ranger's dugout...

[Yal]

^There are a few teams gearing up to get him in anticipation. Boston Red Sox could snatch him. Can you imagine?

[CDTGaticaW201]

Originally Posted by Yal

Yeah the Giants won that was great.

I can't believe they are getting rid of Torre He's got one year on the contract, I say he's earned that last year and he should be given it.

On your last point yeah we definatley need some pitching. Preferably some young pitchers that don't know well enough to be scared lol Unfortunately we gave away a lot of the farm to get these overpriced numbnuts

Torre's not going anywhere...unless Cashman's leaving too. He said he couldn't envision the Yankees next year without him. Maybe after his contract's up, but I highly doubt we're gonna see a new manager next year.

As for A-Rod...you can't pin the blame on him, and you can't say he didn't try. If anything, he tried too hard and cracked under the load of expectations everyone had for him. I think we just got a bit too comfortable, and let our bats freeze....and don't even get me started on the bullpen. I think it's fair to say that they'll be concentrating on that heavily in the next season as the series proved that even with the Murderer's Row...good pitching is what ultimately decides the game.

[Yal]

Definately ARod has been unfairly attacked. I think one of the reasons is I've never seen a super star look so bad striking out I mean when Sheffield strikes out its like whoah man that baseball was lucky he missed and the second is of course the money. Cano has done almost as bad and nobody has said much about him.

Pitching wins championships. Pitching is like your defensive front line in football. If they fail the corners and safety will be beaten all day regardless of how good they are. A big reason we won some of those championships was a guy by the name of Andy Pettitte. Man do we need a descent lefty again.

Murderers row is nothing without a quality bullpen (at least in todays game where pitchers fizzle out by the 6/7th inning) and Mo is slowing down you can't put him out there for 3 innings

One things for sure they should sell tickets for the offseason cause its going to be fun to watch LOL

[Mikeyc]

Originally Posted by Spilchy

Everyone loves Peyton Manning. He is a model citizen, team player, the definition of professionalism and class. Yet he can't win a playoff game year in and year out, consistently, if his life depended on it. His post season record is horrible and has failed his team in those games each year. But he is arguably the top QB in football and will go down as one of the all time greats. But we don't see the same disdain, jokes and "he sucks" talk about Manning as with Alex. Why?

Seriously, get out of NJ and take a trip slightly Northeast and you'll find a TON of people who hate Peyton Manning. Also, Peyton is the definition of a "team player"? I think not. He's almost as big a whiner as G-Rod. Remember last year when they got bumped out of the playoffs and in Peyton's post-game press conference he basically through the rest of the team under the bus? I think he made some comment along the lines of "I know I did what I was supposed to do, but no one else did." It's not the first time he's made comments like that either. Peyton Manning a team player . . . I think not.

Back to G-Rod . . . a player who goes ice cold in the post season IMO is not a great player. The playoffs is when it REALLY counts. What does it matter if you continually get in the playoffs if you're not going to do anything once you're in? Also, IMO division championships are fairly meaningless without an accompanying World Series ring. Doesn't matter if you won the division because you still basically finished second.

Anyway, you want the ultimate sports figure in today's world? It's hands down Tom Brady of the New England Patriots. First of all, he's AWFULLY good. He hasn't had anywhere near the offensive talent around him that Manning has had, but he puts up impressive numbers still and bottom line . . . he WINS. Not only is he successful on the field he's also a MAJOR class act off the field. If they lose he blames himself before others and never points fingers at a specific person other than at himself. Also, he did something REALLY rare in today's sports world . . . he took LESS money. Why? Because there's a salary cap in football and he wants the Pats to have money for players that can help them win. The best part is you never see this guy on TV after he beat his wife or was driving drunk. If you want your kids to have a sports role model I STRONGLY suggest you point them towards Tom Brady!